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Where does “mitragliare” come from?

mitragliare (Italian) comes from French mitrailler, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

mitragliare (Italian): to machine gun, rake; to strafe; to fire or...

Definitions

  1. to machine gun, rake; to strafe; to fire or...

Ancestry of “mitragliare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmitraillerto machine-gun, to fire; to snap away; to pummel
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “mitragliare”

  • mitraglia
  • mitragliere
  • fotomitragliatrice
  • automitragliatrice
  • mitragliatrice
  • mitragliatore
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